- Sensibility: The wild personalities involved excuse some of the theatrics of the film, but a bit with E.B. White is a bit too far-fetched for reasonability.
- Cinematography: Costuming is very good, but it's hard to generate breathtaking visuals from a single room. A moment in a coat closet stands out as visually brilliant other than some distractingly bad hair and makeup work on Ethan Hawke's head.
- Energy: With only the lyrical gymnastics of the conversations to play with, this film does a shockingly good job of holding attention and keeping things moving all from one room.
- Narrative: The screenplay is so obviously good it jumps out of the screen. In fact, it might be too good, to the point where the film feels more like an audiobook than a movie. Excellent character writing and dialogue are the primary tools of this film's trade, and it does them brilliantly.
- T-Points: The film received two bonus points: one for a great bit of dialogue in a coat closet and one for overall brilliant writing and screenplay, particularly a moment where it is acknowledged that "the wonderful thing about art [is] it waits for you."
Great bit of theater, but that is unfortunately this film's limits. It feels more like a play than a movie, primarily because of the limited scenery and context. However, the dialogue shines and
makes up for these limitations.
Number of Watches: 1
